The black hole mass of BL Lacertae objects from the stellar velocity dispersion of the host galaxy

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 569, Issue 1 II, 2002, Pages

  Falomo, R ^a   Kotilainen, J K ^b   Treves, A ^c  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: nuclei

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001947383     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340642     Document Type: Article

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